List of All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winning managers explained
This is a list of All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winning managers. The term manager (or coach) only came into widespread use in the 1970s. Up until then hurling teams were usually run by selection panels. Sometimes they contained up to ten members, resulting in self-interest coming to the fore more often than not. All this changed with the appointment of a strong manager, surrounded by a small group of selectors.
Brian Cody of Kilkenny leads the way in terms of All-Ireland wins. He has guided his native county to seven championship titles in ten years. This culminated in the capturing of a famous four-in-a-row between 2006 and 2009. This feat has only been equalled once before, when Cork won four in a row from 1941 to 1944, but this was in a time when selection panels rather than individual managers looked after teams, making Cody's feat unequalled in the modern era.
Monsignor Thomas Maher, managed Kilkenny to 7 All Ireland titles: 1957, 1963, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1974 and 1975. After such success & coaching Tommy Maher became known as the godfather of modern hurling.[1]
Offaly is the only team that has won all of its All-Ireland titles under the management of a non-native. In 1981 and 1985 Dermot Healy, a native of Kilkenny, became the first "outsider" manager when he guided Offaly to the All-Ireland titles. In 1994 Éamonn Cregan steered the county to victory over his native Limerick in the All-Ireland final. Four years later in 1998 Michael Bond took over from Michael "Babs" Keating, another non-native, and guided Offaly to their fourth All-Ireland championship win.
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Notes and References
- News: Moran . Seán . 26 Mar 2015 . Former Kilkenny coach Fr Tommy Maher dies, aged 92 . .
- News: The making of a manager: How a 30-year-old 'ordinary club hurler' ended Galway's All-Ireland famine - Independent.ie . 25 June 2018 . Independent.ie . en.
- Web site: Henderson, Pat . HoganStand.com . 2 July 2018 . 2 July 1993 .
- News: Tributes paid to former Cork hurling manager Archdeacon Michael O'Brien . 2 July 2018 . The Irish Times .
- Web site: Galway wounds from 10 All-Ireland final losses reopened. Irish Examiner. 4 September 2015. 2 July 2018. Eoghan. Cormican.
- News: Hurling mourns Ollie Walsh . 2 July 2018 . The Irish Times .
- News: Loughnane hopeful Clare won't 'disappear like Tipp' . 28 June 2018 . 2 October 2013 .
- News: Duggan . Keith . 2000: the year Cody broke the losing duck . 28 June 2018 . The Irish Times .
- News: Clarinbridge in trip Down Under dilemma . 2 July 2018 . 11 October 2011 .
- News: Cody to stay on as Kilkenny boss for a 20th season . 25 June 2018 . RTE.ie . 12 September 2017 . en.
- News: Allen emerges as candidate to succeed O'Grady at Limerick . 2 July 2018 . 22 September 2011 .
- Web site: Majestic Tipperary are All Ireland champions after victory over Kilkenny in Croke Park. 4 September 2016. Irish Independent. 2 July 2018. Seán. McGoldrick.
- Web site: Galway end All Ireland famine with tight win over Waterford at Croke Park. 3 September 2017. Irish Independent. 2 July 2018.
- Web site: Limerick hang on against Galway to end 45 years of pain. RTÉ Sport. 19 August 2018.
- Web site: Tipperary 3-25 Kilkenny 0-20. 18 August 2019. GAA.ie. 21 August 2019.
- Web site: Superb Limerick regain All-Ireland title with emphatic win. Irish Examiner. 13 December 2020. 13 December 2020. John. Fogarty.
- News: Limerick crush Cork to claim back-to-back All-Irelands. RTÉ News and Current Affairs. Eoin. Ryan. 22 August 2021. 22 August 2021.
- News: Resilient Limerick see off Kilkenny to claim three-in-a-row. RTÉ News and Current Affairs. Eoin. Ryan. 17 July 2022. 17 July 2022.